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How do you find the volume of a drop of water?
The minim was defined as one 60th of a fluid dram or one 480th of a fluid ounce. This is equal to about 61.6 μL (U.S.) or 59.2 μL (Britain). Pharmacists have since moved to metric measurements, with a drop being rounded to exactly 0.05 mL (50 μL, that is, 20 drops per milliliter).
What instrument is used to measure the volume of a drop of water?
Volumetric Vessels and other Tools in the Chemical Laboratory
| Device | Usual range of volumes | Accuracy |
|---|---|---|
| Erlenmayer flask, beaker | 5–5000 mL | * |
| Volumetric flask | 5–2000 mL | high |
| Volumetric cylinder | 5–2000 mL | medium |
| Burette | 1–100 mL | high |
Are all drops of water the same size?
The size of the drops of this substance is determined by the diameter of the opening in the clear. The specific cohesion of a solution of solid substance in a liquid is lower than that of the liquid. The drops of a solution, all other circumstances being equal, are therefore smaller than those of the menstruum.
How do you calculate average drop volume in mL?
Find the average number of drops per volume in milliliters by adding your two results and dividing by 2.00 mL.
What determines the size of a drop?
The drop size results from a competition between fluid inertia and surface tension and can be described with knowledge of the nozzle geometry and the Weber number, a dimensionless parameter that characterizes fluid flow in the presence of interfaces.
Is a drop always the same volume?
The short answer to this question is that the volume of a drop usually does vary. For water, it will be in the order of 0.06 milliliters. This defines a very approximate unit of volume which apothecaries called a “minim”. A rough rule of thumb is “about 17 drops to the ml”.
How many drops of water is 100ml?
2000 drop
Milliliter to Drop Conversion Table
| Milliliter [mL] | Drop |
|---|---|
| 10 mL | 200 drop |
| 20 mL | 400 drop |
| 50 mL | 1000 drop |
| 100 mL | 2000 drop |
How do you find average drop volume?
The average droplet size is simply found by multiplying the number of droplets of each size by the side length, adding these totals up and dividing by the total number of droplets in the spray sample i.e. it is a standard arithmetic mean size.